Editing Ashok Mathur

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'''Ashok Mathur''' is a South Asian ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Canadian Indo-Canadian]) cultural organizer, writer and visual artist, and an Associate Professor in the departments of  Visual and Performing Arts / Journalism, Communications, New Media at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Rivers_University Thompson Rivers University]. He holds a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Research_Chair Canada Research Chair] in Cultural and Artistic Inquiry, and is the director of the Centre for Innovation in Culture and the Arts in Canada (CiCAC).<ref name="profile">[http://kamino.tru.ca/experts/home/main/bio.html?id=amathur Faculty profile], Thompson Rivers University, retrieved 2010-11-26.</ref>

Mathur is the author of a volume of poetry (''Loveruage; a dance in three parts'', Wolsak and Wynn, 1994), and three novels:
* ''Once Upon an Elephant'' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1998, ISBN 978-1-55152-058-2) recounts the story of the birth of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh Ganesh] as a Canadian courtroom drama.
*''The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar'' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-55152-113-8) was nominated for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Writers'_Prize Commonwealth Writers' Prize], and blends the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramayana Ramayana] with modern Canada.
*''A Little Distillery in Nowgong'' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-55152-258-6) follows three generations of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsi Parsi] family from India to North America. Along with the novel, Mathur also produced an associated art installation, which was shown in Vancouver, Ottawa, and Kamloops.<ref>Reviews: ; ; .</ref>
Additionally, Mathur's artwork "one hundred thirty-three thousand five hundred twenty-eight words and a super-8 grab" was part of a 2009 acquisition by the Canada Council Art Bank.<ref>.</ref>

Mathur was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal Bhopal], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]; in 1962, at the age of one, he emigrated with his family to Canada. He worked as a journalist from 1981 to 1985, and then completed his studies at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Calgary University of Calgary], earning a bachelor's degree, master of arts, and Ph.D.<ref>[http://www.arsenalpulp.com/contributorinfo.php?index=72 Author biography] from publisher's web site, retrieved 2010-11-26.</ref> Prior to joining Thompson Rivers in 2005, he taught at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Carr_University_of_Art_and_Design Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design].<ref name="profile"/>

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